The evaluation area covers 24 hectares and was located approximately 1 km to the south-west of Lowdham and 3 km east of Lambley, Nottinghamshire. The south and south-east boundary of the site is marked by the Cocker Beck and Lambley Road, which at this point is tree-lined. Bockleys View Road lies to the east, and there is arable land to the north and west. Trenches were positioned to target anomalies identified by geophysical survey and to test apparently blank areas between geophysical anomalies. Trenches were excavated using a 360º tracked excavator equipped with a toothless bucket. Machine excavation was under the constant supervision and instruction of a monitoring archaeologist. Machine excavation proceeded in level spits of approximately 50–200 mm.Where necessary, the base of the trench/surface of archaeological deposits was cleaned by hand. Features ranged in date from the Iron Age to the post-medieval period, with a focus on the Iron Age and Romano-British periods. Some features were securely dated by the presence of pottery; others were probably of late prehistoric/Romano-British date on the basis of assemblages of cereal grains. Remains of an early post-medieval brick surface were present in one trench and correspond with the approximate location of a footpath shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1884. Evidence for former post-medieval inclosure boundaries correlating with boundaries depicted on historic maps was also identified